Sir Alex Ferguson has told Luis Suarez that he isn’t fit to wear the Liverpool shirt.

The Uruguayan striker again controversially clashed with Patrice Evra yesterday.

Suarez, just back from an eight-game ban for racially abusing the Manchester United captain at Anfield in October, sparked a pre-match row when he refused to shake Evra’s hand.

And despite seeing Wayne Rooney score twice to take United to the top of the Premier League, Ferguson was in no mood to pull his punches when asked about the Uruguayan striker’s conduct.

“Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club,” said Ferguson.

“That player should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again. The history that club has got ... and he does that today.

“It could have caused a riot. I was really disappointed in that guy.

“For a club with their history, I’d get rid of him, I really would.

“Liverpool have a player banned for eight matches and they’ve tried to blame Patrice Evra.

“It’s him (Suarez) they should be bloody blaming. He could have cost them a European place.

“I had a chat with Patrice this morning and he said ‘I’m going to shake his hand. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I’m going to keep my dignity.’

“I couldn’t believe it when Suarez refused to shake his hand.”

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has been widely criticised for attempting to defend Suarez.

Dalglish decided against attending the usual post-match press conference, but reacted angrily when asked about Suarez’s snub to Evra on television.

Suarez claimed that the racial slurs he aimed at Evra in October were down to cultural differences.

And Dalglish once again seemed to indicate that he felt the 25-year-old had been misunderstood.

His latest messages of support for his striker are unlikely to be well received by Liverpool’s American owners.

He raged: “I didn’t know that Luis refused to shake Evra’s hand. I’ll have to take your word for it.

“I didn’t see it. I wasn’t out there. But it’s contrary to what I was told.

“I think you are very severe and bang out of order to blame Luis Suarez for anything that happened out there.

“Both sets of fans behaved really well. They had a bit of banter, but there was no problem, right?

“How many bookings were there? Two? That’s not bad for a game between Liverpool and Manchester United.

“Listen, we’re not in it for handshakes.”

The FA last night indicated that they would wait for the report of referee Phil Dowd before deciding whether to act.

Evra embarked on an ill-conceived lap of honour at the final whistle that took him perilously close to Suarez.

Before the game, Greater Manchester Police confiscated thousands of copies of the Red Issue fanzine because it carried a mocked-up picture of the Suarez wearing a Klu Klux Klan outfit.

And as the Liverpool squad left Old Trafford, forward Craig Bellamy became embroiled in an ugly row with United’s head of security.

Suarez took to his Twitter account to issue a bizarre statement, saying: “We lost and we are sad because we made a big effort. Disappointed because everything is not as it seems.”

But United defender Rio Ferdinand was not in an unforgiving mood and admitted he refused to shake Suarez’s hand because of the snub to Evra.

Ferdinand said: “It was just bad decision-making from their guy. Racism is a touchy subject at the minute.

“Maybe things might not have been resolved, but it could have been put to bed, made easier maybe if the handshake was done.

“But after seeing what I saw, I decided not shake his hand. If he’s not got the respect that you need to have in these situations, and acknowledge that you’ve made a mistake and say sorry and move on, well I lost all respect for the guy after that.”